Absolutely lovely noctilucent clouds tonight.

I'm participating in the @wclivestream.bsky.social starting this week! Come and support science! My talk is Thursday evening at 7 CT.

If you're a meteorologist or climate scientist who has been supported by US federal funding at some point in your career (either now, or as a graduate student or postdoc) and you're available some time May 28th-June 1st, you should consider speaking here: wcstreamathon.netlify.app/speakers/

A Convectively Coupled Kelvin Wave (CCKW) is going to move thru the global tropics the next few weeks and will have a significant impact on the mid to high-latitude weather pattern the rest of this month into May.

Here's how you can spot a Convectively Coupled Kelvin Wave using a Hovmoller diagram